When George Washington Hooper was born in December 1836, in Haywood, North Carolina, United States, his father, Enos McHenry Hooper, was 31 and his mother, Martha Matilda Burrell, was 26. He married Martha E. Ammons about 1865, in Cherokee, North Carolina, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 5 daughters. He lived in Robbinsville, Graham, North Carolina, United States in 1900. He died on 15 November 1908, in Graham, North Carolina, United States, at the age of 71, and was buried in Graham, North Carolina, United States.
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U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
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On February 7, 1862, General Burnside's expedition started with the Battle of Roanoke Island. The battle was mostly fought by the Union and Confederate Navy's. This was a Union victory.
English (southwestern): occupational name for a cooper, someone who fitted wooden or metal hoops on wooden casks and barrels, or a barrel-maker, from Middle English hoper, an agent derivative of hop ‘hoop, band’. Compare Cooper .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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